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Commander deckGU
Lt. Arex, Ever-Adapting
Ramp aggressively with diverse lands to grow Lt. Arex into a massive trampling threat, and flicker or re-trigger its enters-the-battlefield ability to repeatedly draw cards and dump lands onto the battlefield.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Lt. Arex, Ever-Adapting
5GULegendary Creature — Edosian Officer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
12
Cultivate
2GSorcery
fetches a land to the field and another to hand for Arex's ability
Hour of Promise
4GSorcery
tutors any two differently named lands directly to play
Card Draw
10
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
3GULegendary Creature — Merfolk Druid
draws cards and gains life off every land played
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
4GULegendary Creature — Serpent
extra land drop each turn and draws cards on landfall
Tireless Tracker
2GCreature — Human Scout
investigates with each land drop for steady card draw
Rishkar's Expertise
4GGSorcery
draws cards equal to Arex's huge power and casts a free spell
Greater Good
2GGEnchantment
sacrifices a massive Arex in response to removal to draw a fresh hand
Removal
10
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
free protection spell when Arex is on the battlefield
Imprisoned in the Moon
2UEnchantment — Aura
neutralizes an opposing commander or troublesome nonland permanent
Threats/Wincons
22
Avenger of Zendikar
5GGCreature — Elemental
creates a massive plant army that grows with every land drop
Scute Swarm
2GCreature — Insect
rapidly multiples into an overwhelming swarm of tokens
Rampaging Baloths
4GGCreature — Beast
spits out 4/4 Beast tokens on every landfall
Roil Elemental
3UUUCreature — Elemental
steals opposing creatures permanently with each land entered
Cultivator Colossus
4GGGCreature — Plant Beast
huge trampler that chains land drops and card draws
Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
3GGLegendary Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
grows based on lands and creates badger tokens on landfall
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
4GGLegendary Creature — Elemental Avatar
reaches immense power with trample based on total lands
Ulvenwald Hydra
4GGCreature — Hydra
enters as a massive body and searches for any specific utility land
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
resilient top-end threat that punishes opponents and draws cards
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
3GGUULegendary Creature — Serpent
inevitable win condition generating Serpent tokens every upkeep
Ancient Greenwarden
4GGCreature — Elemental
doubles all landfall triggers and allows playing lands from graveyard
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
3GGLegendary Creature — Elemental
turns non-token creatures into Forest lands to buff Arex
Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
6G // 2GCreature — Giant // Sorcery — Adventure
early ramp adventure and a massive late-game beater scaling with lands
Hydroid Krasis
XGUCreature — Jellyfish Hydra Beast
scales with abundant mana to provide draw, life, and an evasive threat
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
huge body that demolishes three opposing noncreature permanents
Craterhoof Behemoth
5GGGCreature — Beast
game-ending overrun finisher with our wide board of landfall tokens
Finale of Devastation
XGGSorcery
tutors key creatures and provides a game-winning buff at X=10
Kodama of the East Tree
4GGLegendary Creature — Spirit
cheats additional permanents into play whenever lands enter
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
controls the board and bounces spells/permanents with every cast
Apex Devastator
8GGCreature — Chimera Hydra
massive cascade threat to dump cards and ramp into play
Kogla, the Titan Ape
3GGGLegendary Creature — Ape
fights on entry and removes artifacts or enchantments when attacking
Titania, Nature's Force
4GGLegendary Creature — Elemental
produces 5/3 Elementals and casts permanents from the graveyard on landfall
Utility
8
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
3ULegendary Enchantment Creature — God
blinks Arex at end of turn to draw three cards and drop lands repeatedly
Conjurer's Closet
5Artifact
free end-step blink engine for Arex's powerful ETB trigger
Deadeye Navigator
4UUCreature — Spirit
soulbonds with Arex to repeatedly draw cards and drop lands for two mana
Ghostly Flicker
2UInstant
instantly blinks Arex and a land to redraw and trigger landfall
Crucible of Worlds
3Artifact
replays fetch lands and utility lands from the graveyard
Ramunap Excavator
2GCreature — Snake Cleric
creature-based land recursion for consistent land drops
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
gives Arex haste and shroud to swing immediately
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
protects Arex with hexproof while granting haste
